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I was talking about how every kid that I see now is attempting the three point shot.

And I wonder on some level.

So let me give you my thesis about why the three point shot has taken over.

Obviously the easy answer is it's just more valuable.

But I think it's a bigger story than that.

The players that make three point shots are fundamentally playing a different style

of basketball than most of us grew up playing.

And let me explain what I mean by this.

If you are around my age or you know, probably within 20 years of my age almost,

you grew up in a basketball world where there were five positions, right?

Point guard was the one and the center was the five.

And every one of those positions had a defined value in which he was expected to play.

Now give you an example from my generation growing up in the NBA.

And for me, hard away, even though he was a big point guard was a prototypical one.

And he played with your land, oh, magic with Shaqial O'Neal, who was a prototypical five.

That was the point guard and the center had defined differences in the way they played.

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